Birds of the Indian Hills 



black bird, with a white eyebrow, a whitish 

 throat, and white tips to the outer tail feathers. 

 It is easily recognised by its cheerful song and 

 the way in which it pirouettes among the foliage 

 and spreads its tail into a fan. 



49. Hemichelidon sibirica. The sooty fly- 

 catcher. This is a tiny bird of dull brown hue 

 which, as Jerdon says, has very much the aspect 

 of a swallow. 



50. Hemichelidon ferruginea. The ferrugi- 

 nous flycatcher. A rusty-brown bird (the 

 rusty hue being most pronounced in the rump 

 and tail) with a white throat. 



51. Cyornis rubeculoides. The blue-throated 

 flycatcher. The cock is a blue bird with a red 

 breast. There is some black on the cheeks 

 and in the wings. 



The hen is a brown bird tinged with red on 

 the breast. This species, which is smaller than 

 a sparrow, keeps mainly to the lower branches 

 of trees. 



52. Anthifes moniliger. Hodgson's white- 



gorgeted flycatcher. A small reddish-brown 



bird with a white chin and throat surrounded 



by a black band, that sits on a low branch and 



makes occasional sallies into the air after insects, 



can be none other than this flycatcher. 

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